StartFast’s leadership team has the  deep entrepreneurial experience and track record of success necessary to build a world class acceleration program.  Each of us is a StartFast investor and we are committed to the long term success of our teams.  Our entrepreneur networks and credibility with angel and venture investors ensure that StartFast teams have access to top level customers, partners, and capital providers.

Chuck Stormon
Managing Director
@chuck_stormon
Chuck is a serial entrepreneur with over twenty-five years of experience in starting and growing successful venture backed companies in the fields of chip design, mapping software, networking, and broadband video services.  He is an active angel investor and member of the Seed Capital Fund of CNY.  The companies Chuck led have had acquisition exits totaling more than $100MM.  More…

Nasir Ali
Managing Director
@uvconnect
Nasir is a serial entrepreneur and active angel investor.  He moved to Syracuse in 2004 to help build Upstate New York’s entrepreneurial ecosystem first through The Tech Garden and since 2010 as co-founder and CEO of Upstate Venture Connect. Nasir is also the founder and executive director of the Seed Capital Fund of CNY and manages SCF’s investment portfolio.  More…

Martin Babinec
Co-Founder and Mentor
Martin founded and led TriNet HR Corporation for over two decades, building it into the premier nationwide provider of human resource solutions for venture backed companies.  Martin is also an active angel investor and a founder of the Eastern New York Angel Fund. He is currently the founder and chairman of Upstate Venture Connect, a non-profit organization dedicated to building high-growth, private capital backed businesses in Upstate New York.  More…